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Prison; the word brings to mind images of dirty jail cells, with dirtier inmates. Criminals- locked away forever for their terrible crimes. Often times these people are seen as hopeless; rejects of society receiving the punishment they deserve as payment for their mistakes. Even worse more than half of prisoners released from jail return within six months for new criminal charges(Platt 614). Are these people doomed to a life of hardship and crime?…
There are many kinds of research that has been shown to be effective with criminal offenders for correctional treatment. One such treatment is group counseling which is the one that most mental health professionals use and usually have anywhere between eight and ten prisoners and will have meetings many times per week. With group counseling it approaches behavioral and psychological contentions that interpose in many disorders and demeanors, for instance, substance abuse by advocating behavioral adjustment by means of communications with other people who also cope with the same contentions (Kupchik, 2007). Another treatment that is used is specialized groups which accommodates substance abuse, anger management, parenting, and many other kinds of issues. They have specialized groups for offenders that have inclusive concerns, for instance, anger management groups.…
Family members of prisoners suffer humiliation and embarrassment because of what a mate, sibling, or parent may have done to an innocent victim. Personally visiting a spouse or parent is experience because many prisons are located in remote areas. Also, family under go money loss every time they reach out to their loved one when they communicate by telephone. It is a documented fact that inmates who regularly correspond with their family members do well with reform programs offered to them through the penal system. Additionally, the convict's interaction gives them incentives and inspires them to stay on the positive path toward leaving prison and perhaps even an early release.…
War Trauma; The Influence it Placed on Remarque’s Writing “On the threshold of life, they faced an abyss of death…” (A.W. Wheen, as quoted in All Quiet on the Western Front) Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front represents an idea of loss of innocence. Soldiers during this time period are at the “threshold” of their lives, as quoted by Wheen, to only face the brutal horrors of war. The horrors of the war steal the innocence away from these young men without them even knowing. These soldiers spend their entire childhood in school, to realize that their education did not help them when it came to warfare.…
Is Solitary Confinement an Effective Method of Punishment? For many years, solitary confinement has been a topic of controversy. The method of removing certain prisoners from the world for a certain amount of time raises some questions. Is it safer for other prisoners?…
Childhood Trauma Connection to Health Problem in Sao Paulo, Brazil Abstract: Childhood trauma is a sensitive topic and not much research or conversation has been had about how childhood experiences impact our adult life. . Childhood trauma are events that are physical, emotional, verbal or mental in nature such as physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and family violence which in some cases may lead to other health conditions such as may lead to hypertension and heart disease. Childhood experiences may lead to toxic stress that cause increase in high blood pressure which may result to health problem like heart disease.…
Assisting Children of Incarcerated Parents According to recent statistics show that more than 2.7 million children in the US alone have an incarcerated parent (Rutgers, 2014). In simple terms, that is a representative population of 1 in every 28 children. Statistics also show 10 million children that have experienced parental incarceration at some point. Moreover, about half of all children whose parents are incarcerated fall below ten years of age.…
Children of inmates are being raised without a male figure and without possible role models. They lack the paternal relationship and are forced to become more independent at a faster pace. Furthermore, prisoner’s children suffer from social stigma and shame (Finney, 2001). Once they come out of prison, they try to mend their relationship with their children, however, this can be hard because they had spent many years apart.…
Trauma can affect every areas of a person’s life (body, soul, and spirit). Trauma can affect a person’s faith; their will to live; their view of themselves, others, and their worldview; their sense of safety, every aspect of their emotions, physical & psychological health & well being, their relationships, etc. The list can go on and on. Trauma knows no boundaries in it affect on an individual.…
“Most of those released from prison today have serious social and medical problems. They remain largely uneducated, unskilled, and usually without solid family supports....” ( Petersilia 3). When people think of prisons and corrections, they automatically assume people are going to jail and staying there. However, most of those people go to prison where they have to face the harsh reality of not having family come visit them, they may not like the food, abuse from other inmates including officers, as well as the thought of being on your own.…
With very few to little resources and institutional protection, inmates may endure physical injuries, become pregnant, contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, and suffer severe psychological harm. The long-term emotional impact of sexual abuse in correctional institutions often includes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Rape Trauma Syndrome, unresolved anger, drug addiction, other self-defeating behaviors, and the effects of long periods in isolation. At least 95% of inmates after being released from prison, they bring their medical and emotional issues back home with them while trying to adapt to a normal life. Just as in the community, rape in prisons is a means to achieve power and control of the inmate. Prison rape survivors…
Recidivism was “defined by months between release from prison and re-incarceration” (Tripodi). “Forty-three percent of the sample was African American, 32 percent Caucasian, and 24 percent Hispanic. The offenders’ average age when released from prison was 36 years” (Tripodi). Tripodi ultimately found that “the contribution of the elements of life-course theory or time until re-incarceration was supported” (Tripodi). The results of Tripodi’s study thus conclude that social bonds and attachments do indeed have a correlation with the reduction of recidivism rates.…
Intergenerational trauma is a term that is used to describe traumatic events that have impacted a cultural group in one generation, which can have lasting psychological, economical, or cultural effects on future generations. Although it can exist in serious and unfortunate occurrences like residential schools, intergenerational trauma can also be light-hearted, riveting and fun in relation to sport rivalries. Sport fans are well aware that not all games are created equal and that some games are in fact more important than others. With this in mind, there is one particular matchup that can trump all others, which is undoubtedly one against a rival.…
Assignment #3: Alternative Solutions “Failures of Prison Reentry” The prison reentry problems seem to have brought major issues as time moves forwards, there has been programs set to help with the current issues but their needs to be further done to ease the transition in to society. There are several problems that have been considered when looking further into prison reentry, such as the increasing numbers of re-arrests, re-convictions, and the mental problems that has been the result of the stress the ex-offenders endures due to the failure of transition (Justicepolicy.org). When ex-offenders are incarcerated as well as before their convictions they faced several stresses that could maintain their affects once released, such as mental health problems, history of sexual abuse, substance abuse, unstable family life, lack of education and work experience (Cole, and Gertz, 2013). Once an ex-offender is released it could result in them experiencing…
Trauma can be described as experiences or situations that cause physical, emotional or mental pain, that one cannot control. For children and adolescents, the most common trauma is interpersonal trauma which affects their biological, cognitive, psychological and social developments. (D’Andrea, Ford, Stolbach, Spinazzola, & Van der Kolk, 2012). When someone experiences trauma they experience negative results throughout their body, there is an increased level of cortisol and catecholamine that result in the bodies increase of heart rate, blood pressure and can suppress their immune system which can then trigger physical problems such as ulcers or stomach pain if there is prolonged exposure to the trauma (De Bellis & Zisk, 2014). Also, there…